Crab Joe

Goeddy

So i am making a huge terrifying bossmonster.
its going to be a 4m/13ft huge coconut crab.
actualy its going to be a huge mutated crab with a nuclear reactor on its back, inspired by a coconut crab.
and hes boing to be fighting this guy http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=93103&page=2

current state:

here is my concept so far.

Goeddy

so the HP of the crab itself is somewhat done, next up are the sci-fi parts at his back.

JamesWarren

Nice sculpt! I feel like the face would look a little bit more threatening without the two things that come down above its mouth. Just my opinion though.

Goeddy

yes i will remove them.
also getting confortablw with hard surface; this took me only 5 hours

lloyd

Thats a bitchin crab! congrats!

what did you do the hard surface stuff in?

Goeddy

100% pure 3ds max :]
i know there is a bit of a hype going on around here for zbrush, but im way more confortable with max for hard surface.

Goeddy

so it has been a busy week. baking is done now. ca. 4,8k tris. hes also gonna get some teeth soon.

Goeddy

more crab goodness

Goeddy

also lots of colors, wich one do you like best?

Alemja

What if, for the colors you had the ends of the limbs start as one color and then gradate into the body, I think it might help your texture be a bit more readable, something like so:

Funky Bunnies

agreed on the colors
i like the highrez on this, but i feel like youre putting too much weight on the high-frequency details with harsh black on the low. I think it'd do wonders if you'd lay off the AO a little bit and try to reign the detail in so it doesn't overpower the over all forms

Goeddy

yesssh, you both are totaly right.
this is what has been voted "most creepy/dangerous looking"

though i recognized most of the color variations that look realy cool, dont work so well in the engine

GarageBay9

though i recognized most of the color variations that look realy cool, dont work so well in the engine

They also make it hard to instantly recognize it as a giant crustacean. The red shell sells it immediately and works very well.

Goeddy

so this dude is done, next up are 2 variations for him, 1 damaged, 1 overpowered.

also put all the stuff into the engine and so far and everything performs pretty good.

Sliterin

This time you did good shots, it isn't blurry, oversaturated etc. now it's great serious . Maybe it need better pose but it's only thing about which I can complain.